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Public Affairs media and website report for February 2012

Story by James Hill

Here is a look at some of the news stories about Ģ����ý from around the local area and the nation in February. In total, Ģ����ý events and people appeared 59 times in the local community or national online media, newspapers or TV/radio:

Feb. 1: , , & Portland Observer: Docking in Portland as the opening-night selection of the 22nd Annual Cascade Festival of African Films, “Scheherazade” from Egypt contains a number of images presaging Tahrir Square.

Feb. 1: Portland Observer, Portland Tribune, & Lake Oswego Review: The new dual enrollment agreement with PSU and Ģ����ý establishes application deadlines, allows students to apply online and opens PSU housing to co-admitted students on a space available basis.

Feb. 3: , & : Ģ����ý will be bringing in Mississippi Civil Rights veteran Hollis Watkins to speak the week of Feb. 6-11.

Feb. 3: & Hillsboro Argus: The jarring juxtaposition of sheep grazing quietly beneath hundreds of new solar panels will soon take shape on Ģ����ý’s Rock Creek campus.

Feb. 8: . & : Jefferson High School’s Middle College for Advanced Studies has three new partners.

Feb. 9: : Former Ģ����ý instructor and musician Thara Memory can add “Portland Jazz Master” to his lengthy resume.

Feb. 9: : Guitarists David Franzen and Ģ����ý music department head John Mery are veteran members of the Oregon Guitar Quartet and helped to start the ensemble about six years ago.

Feb. 14: K103 FM, Lake Oswego Review & Lake Oswego Review: Ģ����ý grew by 6.5 percent in total headcount, according to fourth week reports – the traditional reporting week for Ģ����ý.

Feb 14. Newberg Graphic: Ģ����ý’s newest location – the Newberg Center – served as the site for a legislative town hall on Saturday, Feb. 4, hosted by United States Senator Ron Wyden.

Feb. 20: : Starting April 4, students can once again learn about the anatomy of longboards and ride with control from instructor Robin McGuirk at Mt. Tabor Park in Longboarding 101.

Feb. 21: : Students from Mt. Hood Community College and four Ģ����ý campuses joined students on the PSU campus Tuesday afternoon to rally for better state funding of higher education.

Feb. 21: & Oregon Live: Linda Degman will be the Beaverton School Board’s newest member.

Feb. 21: : Professor James S. Harrison will present a program entitled, “Black Inventors: America’s Best Kept Secret” at Clatsop Community College.

Feb. 22: : Preston Pulliams said that institution has seen a 40 percent enrollment increase since 2008 but has had to make cuts to course offerings, faculty and staff.

Feb. 23: : A student group at Ģ����ý’s Cascade campus in North Portland has launched a bike rental program.

Feb. 23: : Construction crews are expected to begin work this fall on a massive expansion Southeast Center, creating a new landscape that college officials hope will be more welcoming to the surrounding neighborhoods and businesses.

Feb. 24: : Florence Wood’s wages from a part-time job at Fabric Depot just cover her rent. She walks or takes the bus to work or classes at Ģ����ý, where she’s studying to be a social worker.

Feb. 27: : March is National Women’s History Month and Ģ����ý will be hosting a poetry reading and book signing by 2011 National Book Award winner Nikky Finney.

Feb. 29: : A half-century’s worth of artifacts from life at Ģ����ý will be on display this winter and spring at the Oregon Historical Society.